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EPISODE 98 RECALLS THE PAST (BAG. 2)

Jiu Fei completely refused to return to Niangxi.

He promised to give himself up to be punished by Zhao Juren, if he had delivered Yan Yue safely back to the city of king Yubei.

No one knew what kind of jealousy and anger Zhao Juren was holding, when Jiu Fei said he was ready to die in his hands, after he believed Yan Yue was fine.

How precious Yan Yue was to appeal to herself in the eyes of the woman who made her crazy about it.

And the heavens are strange, treating the destiny of man....

On the ninth day of the nine month eleven years ago, a group of Niangxi troops surrounded them, about 500 people.

And they fought a death battle with a number that was not up to 50 men, their remaining troops besides being outnumbered were also physically and mentally exhausted on the run.

The fight, which lasted almost half a day. They fought like bloodthirsty men, and every swing of their sword must take one life. That way they can survive.

And in the last moments, Yanzhi's remaining army was only 10 people including the young Yan Yue, Zhao Juren and Jiu Fei.

Suddenly an arrow was released by the Niangxi army and so bravely Jiu Fei blocked an arrow with his back fixed on the heart of Yan Yue. He tightly hugged Yan Yue's neck with an arrow stuck in her left back. Blood flowed like water from there. Right before Zhao Juren's eyes.

"Take him for me." That was what Jiu Fei said to her, before the girl was unconscious.

And at the right moment, reinforcements came from Yanzhi, repelling the rest of the Niangxi army that surrounded them.

His Majesty is like a madman carrying a dying Jiu Fei. Take him to a temple on their way home. There Jiu Fei was treated for almost a week. When Jiu Fei was strong enough, Yan Yue brought him to the palace, providing treatment with the best healers.

Until Jiu Fei survived.

Yan Yue, who was 17 years old, was the same age as Zhao Juren at that time. Jiu Fei wants to be his wife. No one was really against the plan. They let Yan Yue go crazy over Jiu Fei to the point of setting up a small palace behind her residence which she gave the name Chue Lian palace (First love palace) to be where Jiu Fei lived.

At that time the old King Yan Houcun, the father of Yan Yue, was sickly.

Zhao Juren's jealousy could no longer be contained seeing how Jiu Fei had so easily forgotten about him.

To Empress Dowager Zhao Li Sui, her aunt whom she had thought of as her own mother, he told Jiu Fei how he had an affair with Jiu Fei during the border war.

One thing that was never revealed, that because Jiu Fei was hundreds of Yanzhi troops died in one night.

The aunt was angry, but Zhao Juren begged the Queen mother to forgive her.

Jiu Fei's identity was revealed at the court hearing, but because of his services to protect the crown prince he was not punished. It was just that Yan Yue was not allowed to officially marry her.

When King Yan Houcun died, Crown Prince Yan Yue was crowned king in his father's place.

On the day he returned from the coronation in Guangli's hall, Jiu Fei was sent to Sunyen's temple.

Why did Jiu Fei end up willingly leaving Chue Lian's palace and staying in the temple as a monk?

Zhao Juren found out for sure, her aunt threatened Jiu Fei with the story of her affair with Zhao Juren then if she insisted on staying by the king's side, so it can not be imagined the destruction of the young king's heart later if he finds out his lover cheated his love by having an affair with his own best friend.

And again the spread of its relationship with women from enemy countries will be made intrigue to make people not believe it. The heartache of the people who lost relatives in the war, enough to make the young king lose his crown, if it turns out to marry a woman who betrayed two countries at once.

Jiu Fei, who no longer had a home, was sent to the Sunyen temple as a monk if he wanted to see King Yan Yue stay where he is now.

But still His Highness Yan Yue felt heartbroken for many years because of Jiu Fei's departure.

Eleven years ago....

Two men are heartbroken at the same time and shut themselves off for years just because of the same woman.

His heartbroken Majesty in the palace is surrounded by concubines who mated with him.

And the heartbroken Zhao Juren by throwing herself into every battlefield, unleashed her longing grudge with a thousand sword swings.

The sigh of Zhao Juren behind the iron helmet that covered her head, was like a thousand regrets that could not go back to her mouth.

Why can love be so sweet and cruel at the same time?

Those memories of the past, were like ghosts that followed him wherever he went.

A young soul that cannot be controlled makes the feeling of love no longer find its purity.

Love has made him a despicable loser, standing in a dark place as an angel-faced traitor.

These ginkgo trees remain the same tree from many years ago, the Yanshan mountains have not changed at all. They are silent witnesses, the triangle love story of Crown Prince Yan Yue, Jiu Fei and Zhao Juren.

"Mr. Commander.." a soldier subordinate to his trust suddenly appeared, disperse Zhao Juren's long daydream.

The soldier handed him a small paper scroll.

"The pigeon carries a message for the Commander-in-Chief."

Zhao Juren accepted the scroll. The soldier retreated from before him and returned to their temporary camp place after repelling the Niangxi army that had been daring for several months to occupy a small territory on this border.

Since long ago, the Yanshan border has always been a perpetual dispute between the two countries.

In this place, blood was spilled so much for warfare as it satisfied the lusts of the rulers.

Zhao Juren opened the paper scroll, though,

Red peony at the end of the ravine,

young buds are in danger.

The silver eagle is back home soon.

Those three sentences left Zhao Juren stunned. What danger was meant that Xiao Yi was so threatened?

The red peony was the secret name created by Zhao Juren for Xiao Yi.

His heart suddenly thumped uncontrollably, while reading the young buds in danger, now she had no idea what feeling drew her soul imagining the woman she loved was pregnant with another boy even though it was her legal husband.

Zhao Juren turned hastily towards her old brown horse that was moored under one of the Ginkgo trees, leaping in haste.

In the next second, the gallant body had already driven its horse quickly towards the camp while its troops were not far away.

Xiao Yi, the second woman who made him unable to turn his face since the first meeting. A strange feeling approached her as she saw Xiao Yi in a simple cloth wrap walking gracefully out of a teahouse. The feeling was almost the same when he saw Jiu Fei for the first time.

But, Jiu Fei and Xiao Yi were different people. Xiao Yi had an unwavering strong personality and a love loyalty that could not be torn down just like that. He would not surrender himself to just anyone and dared to defend his stance without fear.

The same was the two women, loved by His Majesty Yan Yue and loved the king with all their lives!

Zhao Juren thrashed her horse impatiently, she had promised herself to protect Xiao Yi no matter what. Even though his love is unrequited.

He wanted this woman he loved to be happy, not to go down such a tragic path as Jiu Fei, his lover in the past.

Seeing him was fine, enough to be an excuse for Zhao Juren to live.

Love may have toyed with his destiny and fate, but it did not repeat the same mistake, making him have the dignity to live with dignity.

The sky gives many paths in life, it is man who chooses which one to go through.

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